Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Blanchardballoon3.jpg

Reason: An 1811 portrait of the first professional female balloonist, Sophie Blanchard, based upon a flight she made on 15 August 1811 in Milan to celebrate Napoleon Bonaparte's forty-second birthday. Mme. Blanchard was "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals" under Napoleon and became "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration" for Louis XVIII of France until her death in a ballooning accident in 1819. Restored version of Image:Blanchardballoon.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Sophie Blanchard, Luigi Rados
Creator: Luigi Rados

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 23:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Wow. Beautiful work, Duvora. As always! Kaldari (talk) 00:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't know how you do it Durova, but once again the perfect candidate. --Meldshal42 (talk to me) 00:54, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support About time we had a featured Lithograph. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent picture, great work Durova. — E ↗^T ^C ^B 12:10, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support obvious value. smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 17:39, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom.Becky Sayles (talk) 00:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Blanchardballoon3.jpg MER-C 06:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]